1 1\/3 cups ice water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nStir yeast and sugar into warm water in a 2 cup measure and let it stand until foamy, 3 to 5 minutes. Use dough blade to process flour, butter and salt for 20 seconds. Add ice water to yeast mixture.<\/p>\n
With machine running, pour liquid through the feed tube in steady stream, only as fast as the flour absorbs it. Continue processing until dough cleans inside of work bowl and forms a ball. The let machine run for 60 seconds to knead dough.<\/p>\n
Shape dough into a ball and place it in a lightly floured plastic storage bag. Squeeze out air and close end with wire twist. allowing space for dough to rise. Let rise in a warm place until dough has doubled in bulk, about 1 hour, to an hour and a half.<\/p>\n
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Punch dough down, on a lightly floured surface, take 2\/3 of the dough and roll out until it’s big enough to fit in an 9″ x 13″ greased pan and up over the sides. Fill with cooled meat mixture. Roll out remaining dough, cover, fold under bottom crust and pinch together. Cut five slits in top crust to let steam escape. Bake at 350\u00ba for one hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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2 1\/2 pounds of stewing beef, cut into chunks<\/li>\n